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Priority transport issues for the European steel industry
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Transport plays a central role for the EU steel industry in its competitiveness within and outside of EU borders as it accounts for up to 15% the steel sector’s total costs. A functional single market, with established principles of free movement of goods and services, is a necessary foundation on which the more than 500 steel processing and production sites in 24 steel-producing member states of the EU rely on in their everyday operations.
Steel in Action 2026
Brussels 17 July 2026 - Statement by EUROFER Director General Axel Eggert on the European Commission's proposal to revise the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS):
Brussels, 16 July 2026 - Ahead of the European Commission's review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the European Steel Association (EUROFER) reaffirmed its support for the EU's climate neutrality objective by 2050, while warning that the ETS can only succeed if it is adapted to market realities and accompanied by the enabling conditions needed for industrial decarbonisation.
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